German Submarines Continue Their Attacks on British Vessels in North Sea
HARRISBURG SSISKi TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 104
MICE PUN OF
REORGHiI FOR
CEIMI I. IIS. CO.
Creditors' Committee Formulates
Method of Putting Plant on
Its Feet Again
URGE OPERATION OF MILL
Provide For New Committee to In
clude Bondholders, Creditors
and Stockholders
A plan of reorganization for the
Centra.l Iron and Steel Company of this
< ity was made public to-day by the
Creditors' Protective Committee of the
company with offices in the Pennsyl
vania building, Philadelphia.
The Creditors' Protective Commit
tee including James B. Bonner, J. Her
vey Patlon, B. H. Jones, and H. F.
Knapp. secretary, has addressed a
comprehensive communication to the
merchandise creditors of the Central
Iron and Steel, who have deposited
their claims under an agreement sign
ed July 1, 1912, after the company
went into the hands of the receiver.
Under the reorganization plan,
which was formulated by the Credi
tors' Committee in conjunction with a
committee appointed by the bondhold
ers, a reorganization committee is to
be appointed which shall acquire the
property and the assets of the Central
Iron and Steel Company and transfer
them to a new company In considera
tion for securities to be distributed to
the bondholders, creditors and stock
holders, and to be used for the pur
poses of the reorganization and by the
new company.
The Creditors' Committee says in its
reports that it feels that the best in
terests of the creditors will be served
by operating the plant and making
improvements from time to time from I
money as secured by the sale of new I
bonds and as the additional funds of!
the company will permit.
The report of the committee sets
forth that with the assistance of
t'hailes MacVeagh and \V. W. Cor
lett as counsel, a great amount of time
and attention for a period of more
than two years has been spent on the
working out of the reorganization
plan.
The securities authorized for distri
bution to the bondholders , creditors
and stockholders which are to be used
bv the new company and for the pur
poses of reorganization include a
series, A and B, of first mortgage
bonds. . A to be for 5500,0m0 and B for
$1,300,000; two series of debenture
bonds, A to be for JtiOO.OOO and B for
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Entry Lists For City
Beautiful Garden Contest
Will Close at 6 O'clock
At 6 o'clock to-night entrv lists for
the Telegraph's "city beautiful" gar
den contest will close.
After that hour entries, whether
they be by letter, phone call or post
card, will not be considered. On the
letters and postcards the postmark
will be considered as a guide.
If you hurry therefore you may
still have a chance of getting your
notification on file with Miss M. W.
Buehler, 23 2 North Second street,
chairman of the outdoor department
of the Civic Club.
French Toy Poodle Is^
Latest Police Mascot
The police department has a mas
cot. Tt Is a French Toy poodle. The
new dog has been named "Skinner."
Special orders were issued to Johnny
Orlssinger and others, that the new
mascot is here stay. The mascot
arrived yesterday a'fternoon. Tt is a
gift to the department from Charles
(Skinner) Johnson, the local fish mer
chant.
RISC F.niployers are buy
ing it now to help you
to help tlieni.—
Buy wisely—but buy
now and there will lx>
more opportunity for
employes.
THIS IS THE TIMR OF \LL
TIME FOR THE U. & A TO
MAKE VAST STRIDES.—
Let's all get busy.
Buy-It-Now
THE WEATHER
For Harrlshnrjt and Tielnltyt Fair
to-night and Thiimilaji not nmeh
change In temperature.
For Eii»tern Pennsylvania t I'nrtlv
cloudy to-night and Thurmlavi
moderate northwest nnd west
wind*.
Rtver
The main river anil Its two princi
pal branches will rise ullghtlv or
remain nearly statlonarv. The
Juniata will fall slightly to-night
and Thursday. A stage of about
4.5 feet Is Indicated for Harrla
l>urg Thursday morning.
General Conditions
The disturbance that nai central
over the I pper Ohio Vallev, Turn
day morning, has moved north
eastward and la non central over
"Northern New Kngland. It has
caused showers In the Inst
twenty-four hours generally over
the northern half of the country
east of the Mississippi river.
Temperature! 8 a. m.. HO.
Sum Rises, BtOI a. m.s sets, TiOa
p. m.
Moon i New moon. May IS, 10(31
p. m.
River Stage: 4.8 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
TTl«hes« temperature, (IS,
I.oweat temperature, 4t>.
Mean temperature, 52.
Normal temperature, 58.
THE NIGHT BEFORE
11. S. CONSUL AT LYONS:
«S LIFE 111 OCEIj
Was Passenger Aboard Steamship!
Sant' Anna, Now at
Naples
HOME WAS IN WASHINGTON
State Department Officials Have
Not Been Notified of
Tragedy at Sea
Naples, May s.—The United States
consul at Lyons, one of the passengers
aboard the steamship Sant' Anna,
which has arrived here from New i
York, is reported to have committed j
suicide during the voyage by leaping
overboard. He was on his way to his
post in France. The Sant' Anna sailed
from New York on April 20.
New York. May 5. —The passenger
list of the steamship Sant' Anna con
tains the name of Frederick Van Dyne,
American consul at Lyons. France.
Mr. Van Dyne engaged passage through
G. W. Moss, the Washington agent of
the Fabre I.lne.
No word has been received by local
agents of the line concerning the re
ported suicide of a passenger of the
Sant' Anna.
Washington. D. C., May s.—Fred
erick Van Dyne, a resident of this city
and American consul at Lyons, had
been at his home here for several
months in ill health and sailed on the
Sant' Anna. Neither the State Depart
ment nor his family had received any
advices to-day on his reported dis
appearance, but feared it was true.
HEART OF THE CITY
SCOURED MEIERS
Nature Helps in Crusade, Washing
Away the Dust and
I Dirt
Nature turned in yesterday to help
Harrisburg in the labor involved in
the annual "clean-up" week by pro
viding showers that completely routed
whatever little specs of dirt remained
on Allison Hill after thrifty house
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Hope Engine With New
Motor Tractor Attached
Expected Here Saturday
By Saturday evening 'the Hope fire
engine with the new Christie motor
tractor attached, will be in Harrisburg,
according to advices City Commission
er M. Harvey Taylor got to-day by
phone. The Front Drive Motor Com
pany of Hoboken, N. J., which is con
necting the tractor to the steamer,
notified Mr. Taylor that the apparatus
will be shipped to-morrow. An op
erator from the factory will be sent
along to run the machine and instruct
candidates for drivers for a few days.
The old horse drivers will be given
preference in trying for the chauf
feurs' jobs.
As soon as the Hope arrives the
Pnxton steamer which is being hous
ed for the time being at the . Hope
house, will he taken home. [ln a few
weeks at most the Friendship steamer
with tractor connected, will be back in
town again. The engine is now under
going a thorough overhauling.
HARRISBURG. PA.. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1915.
ROTARV CLUB HIS
SCHOOL SURVEY PlilU
Will Bring Expert Here to Try to
Solve Local High School
Problem
The Harrisburg Rotary Club, through I
its educational committee, has under- I
taken to have made a survey of the i
public schools of Harrisburg with I
special relation to the high school I
problem.
The committee, consisting of E. Fred 1
Rowe. John F. Whittaker and Dr. j
Samuel Z. Shope. chairman, made a
report at last evening's meeting of the '
club recommending that the club au- I
thorize the committee to procure the !
services of a noted educator to make I
the survey. The committee. Dr. Shope
said, has a man in mind who will give
two weeks to the work, but he did not
care to five the name at this time.
The club authorized the committee to
proceed. The chairman also presented
an exhaustive report on the subject of
improving the efficiency of the public
school system and expressed the belief
that a junior high school would do
much to better conditions here. This
report in full follows:
Slx-Yenr High School
"Among the many problems receiv
ing the attention of educators and
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RAX FOR MAYOR: TO UK HAXGED
Baltimore. Md„ May s.—As un
moved as if he were the central figure
in a stage drama. Benjamin E. Davis,
four years ago candidate on the So
cialist ticket for Mayor of Baltimore,
was sentenced yesterday, the mayor
alty election day, by Judge McLane In
the Circuit Court for Baltimore coun
|ty. to be hanged for the murder of his
[wife, Mary Annie Davis, at St. Denis,
lon July 28 last.
t Three More Trawlers
Blown Up by Germans
By Associated Press
Hull, England, May 5, 11 a. m.—
I Three more British trawlers have
I been added to the list of those blown
•up by German submarines in the
'North Sea Monday and it is feared
| others also were lost as they were
i shelled and fired upon with rifles by
the crew of a submersible. The crews
of the trawlers lolanthe, Hero and
Northward Ho have landed here, re
porting the destruction of their boats.
No lives were lost aboard any of the
three.
SWOBODA MAKES DEFENSE
By Associated Press
Paris, May 5.—A vigorous defense
against the charge of espionage pre
ferred against him was made by Ray
mond Swoboda when he was examined
yesterday by Major Jullien, of the
Paris permanent court-martial, says
the Petit Journal. In an effort to prove
his assertion that he really had impor
tant business deals on hand he gave
the names of persons who loaned htm
2,500 francs, knowing that he was
about to realize handsome profits.
MEDICAL RESEARCH AWARDS
By Associated Press
Paris, May s.—The French institute
has announced that the Osiris prize,
which amounts to 183,000 francs be
cause no award was given in 1912 has
been awarded chiefly for discoveries
In medicine. Drs. Chantemesse and
Vldal, discovers of antityphoid vac
cine, will divide 50.000 francs while
an equal amount will go to Dr. Vin
cent whose researches resulted in the
finding of ether vaccine.
WOMKX TO I.EtVR CHtXA
By Associated Press
Hankow, China, May B. The Jap
anese Cnnsul-Oeneral recelv/td Instruc
tions from Toklo, yesterday, directing
him to order Japanese Women and chil
dren to lie prepared to leave Hankow
if«r Japan by to-day's steamer. .
REVENUE MISERS
ADVANCED 111 HOUSE
Jones Bond Tax Bill Passed; Auto
License Measure Special
Order Monday
Two of the bills framed to increase j
State revenues for highway Improve- !
ment were advanced by the House to- j
day. The Jones bill, regulating the I
collection of the 4-mill tax on all
bonds and other evidences of indebted
ness at the source, was passed finally
by a vote of 165 to 13. .Mr. Jones ex
plained that it meant that the Com
monwealth would get $1,500,000 that
Is not being paid now and that the in
come was to be dedicated to highways.
The Lipschutz bill, increasing the
State license fees for registration of .
automobiles, was amended and passed I
on second reading after a long dis
cussion. The amendments were made
by H. I. Wilson, Jefferson, who esti
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Driver of Automobile
Owned by Government
Fined $5 For Speeding
By Associated Press
! Washington, May s.—Secretary
I Tumulty went to police court to-day
to testify for a White House chauf
feur, who a traffic policeman testi
fied, exceeded the speed limits while
drivtng the secretary home from the
executive offices.
.Mr. Tumulty told the judge that the
big automobile bearing the coat of
{arms of the United States was going
,as slow as possible, but nevertheless
lit cost the chauffeur $5.
1 Federal Judge Defies
Executive Interference
By Associated Press
! , Butte. Mont., May s.—Judge George
M. Bourquin, of the Federal District
Court, who ignored a rule of the De
: partment of Labor in passing on an
! application for citizenship to-day, de
i clared he would resist any attempt of
the executive department of the gov
ernment to Interfere in the conduct of
ihls court.
i "We all know," he said, "that the
executive department, at Washington
has controlled Congress. But this
court will never submit to control.
There has been a great deal of talk In
the departments as to what they
would do to the courts unless the lat
ter did as they desired.
"This court is dependent on laws
passed by Congress, and while It ex
ists as a court It will be conducted
without Intereference from depart
ments of the government."
SEBASTIAN HAS CONFIDENCE
' By Associattd Press
Los Angeles, Cal., May s.—Encour
aged by what he considered was an
overwhelming verdict given him by
the people In the municipal primary
yesterday. Charles E. Sebastian, first
choice candidate for mayor, was ready
to appear in court to-day to resume
the stand In his own defense against
the charge that he nnd Mrs. Lillie
Pratt contributed to the dependency
of Edith Serkin, Mrs. Pratt's halfslster.
TAX BILL UP TO GOVERNOR
By Associated Press
Sacramento, Cal., May 5.—A con
stitutional amendment.giving the legis
lature power to overturn the present
tax system in California, which was
established In 1910, was placed In the
hands of Governor Johnson to-day for
his signature. The bill passed' the
senate some time ago and last night
passed the assembly. It will be sub
mitted to a vote of the people at the
L uext election.
'DECLARES ALTOONAIS
CONTROLLED BY P. B. R.
Perham Says Every Person in City
Must Bow and Sing "My Com
pany, 'Tis of Thee"
W. W. ATTERBURY ON STAND
Tells of "Spy" System Inaugurated
to Benefit Employes and
the Public
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., May s.—Labor
conditions on the Pennsylvania rail
road affecting its telegraphers and
shopmen were inquired into from the
standpoint of the railroad company at
the continuation to-day of the hear
ings before the Federal Industrial Re
lations Commission.
The commission had already heard
H. B. Perham, president of the Order
of Railroad Telegraphers, regarding
complaints by that organization against
the Pennsylvania. The complaints
charged that the railroad company re
fused to recognize the telegraphers'
unions, made every effort to break up
■existing unions and prevent organ
ization of the others.
Pennsylvania Railroad officials were
heard on these complaints to-day, W.
W. Atterbury, vice-president, being the
principal witness. It was expected
that the inquiry into Pennsylvania con
ditions would continue for the re
mainder of the week.
Perham, as the first witness to-da* f ,
was questioned by R. >l. Alshton, vice
president of the Chicago and North
western Railway, on telegraphers'
working conditions.
Alshton brought out that telegra
phers and signalmen on the main line
of the Pennnsylvania, where traffic is
dense, work eight hours a day.
"Isn't that less than any other trans
portation employes work ?" he asked.
"Yes." Mr. Perham replied, "and the
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RESUME GRADING ON
MUCH EWER SCREE
Big Force on Job North of Hard
scrabble Rounding Off Slopes
of River Front
ANOTHER GANG ON SOON
Foreman Paget Will Have Charge]
of Second Group Within Day or j
Two; to Hasten Planting
Grading operations were resumed
on a larger scale on the slopes of
I the river front above "Hardscrabble"
to-day, and by noon a force of thirty
I workmen were busy under the direc
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Japanese Legation Is
Preparing to Leave
Peking on Warships
Peking. May 5, 8.15 P. M.—A Japa
nese- cruiser ami four torpedohoat
destroyers have arrived al Chin-Wang -
Tao. on tin- Gulf of Liao-Tiuw. about
1 150 miles east of Peking, evidently for
the purjM»se of removing from China
I the members of the Japanese legation.
Consul reports from all parts' of the
country announce the departure of
Jaiianese or their concentration at the
Japanese consulates.
There is a substantial opinion In
i Peking that Japan mav take action in
regard to the nonacccptance of her de
mands by China without waiting upon
I the issuance of an ultimatum.
ItlSoiioT
NEW PLAZA JIT ONCE
Commissioner H. F. Bowman De
cides to Start Promenade Stretch
at City Pumping Station
Work will be started at once on th<
construction of the broad new con
crete plaza that is to overlook the
River Front wall at the city pumping
station.
Announcement to this effect was
made this afternoon by- City
Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, su
perintendent of public safety, follow
ing a conference with Commissioner
W. H. Lynch and J. D. Justin, prin
cipal engineer of the Board of Public
Works.
Primarily Commissioner Bowman's
purpose In planning the plaza is to
protect the embankment that juts Into
the stream at that point, particularly
during the high water. Sediment Is
frequently deposited in the bend be
low the pumping station by the eddies
caused by the sweep of the currents
around the point. In addition to serv
ing as a protection to the embank
ment the plaza will provide an attrac
tive observation and promenading
point easily accessible from Front
street.
From Water Department Funds
The improvement will be provided
for from the water department funds.
Stucker Brothers' Construction Com
pany will build the plaza In connec
tion with the completion of the grano
lithic walk on the wall. The same!
price per yard will be arranged for.
The proposed plaza will be con-1
structed entirely of concrete and will j
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DESPERATE
IN PROGRESS ALONG
CARPATHIAN PASSES
One Hill Changed Hands Three Times in Single Battle in
Vicinity of Stry; 1,200 Austrians Captured by Rus
sians; Nine More British Trawlers Sunk by Ger
man Submarine; Others Believed to Have Been
Blown Up in North Sea
London, Slay 5, 3:16 p. m.—"A
Japanese ultimatum to China,"
cables the Toklo correspondent of
the Central News, "grants a de
lay of 18 hours."
Nine British trawlers were sunk
Monday in the North Sea by German
submarines. So far as is known no
lives were lost in these encounters.
According to the cerws of the tishlng
vessels, the submarine which wrought
this damage is of the newest type.
She has an iron cross painted on her
conning tower. She ran amuck
among the fishing fleet on Monday
and sank seven trawlers In quick
succession.
The correspondent of a Berlin news
paper telegraphs that the Austro-
German victory in Western Galicia
broke down the Russian front for a
distance of twenty-four miles. He
states the Russians abandoned not
only their first line, but the villages in
the rear. The Russian war office ad
mits the Germans and Austrlans suc
ceeded In crossing the Dunajec, but
states they were prevented from mak
ing a further advance.
Desperate fighting is in progress
farther east on the Carpathian side.
In the region of Stry, It is said, one
hill ehangedxhands three times in a
single battle and that 1,200 more Aus
tria ns were captured by the Russians.
Unofficial reports from Saloniki say
that two Turkish aeroplanes which at
tacked the allied fleet at the Dar
danelles were brought down by the
fire of the warships. The aeroplanes,
manned by Germans, attacked the fleet
with bombs, but it is said no damage
was done.
Relations between Turkey and Bul
garia apparently have become more
uncertain. Turkey is sending troops
hastily to the neighborhood of Adrian
■ople after having withdrawn them for
use on the Gallipoli peninsula.
Austria's answer to Italy's minimum
demands is expected to-morrow and it
Is believed in Rome its character will
determine the course of Italy. Not
withstanding the king's declston to re
main away from the patriotic cele
bration in connection with the Garl-
MILLSKSBURG BRIDGE BILL PASSES
Hmrisburj —-The Stidlaman bill for tke construction
of a bridge across tke Susquehanna riv»r between Miilers
burg *nd Crows Landing, Perry county, was passed finally
in the Senate to-ciay and joes to the House. It carries
$275,000.
BURGLAR STRIKES WOMAN
Harrisburg Frightened by. a burglar which entered
her room early this morning, Mrs. Edward M. Hawthorne,
2305 Prospect street, fell across tha bed in a faint. When
she awoke she had a black eye. The woman believes the
burglar struck her. Ha did not steal anything.
COAL COMPANY APPEALS
Harrisburg Th« first appeal from the recent decision
of President Judge Kunkel in declaring constitutional, the
1913 anthracite coal tax act, was made this afternoon by the
Alden Coal Company, of Plymouth.
Middletown, Pa., May s.—Stricken with kcart failure,
Alexander M. Imler, aged 72, a vetercn of the Civil War,
dropped dead on the street near his home, late this afternoon.
GULFLIGHT CARRIED LARGE FLAG
Pensance, England, May 5, 3.38 P. M.—At the inquest
to-day into the death of Captain Alfred Gunter, of the
American oil tank steamship Gulflight which was torpedoed
May 1 off the Scilly Islands, the verdict reached was "heart
failure accelerated by shock caused by the torpedoing of
the ship." Evidence given at the inquest showed that the
Gulflight was flying a very large American flag at the time
she was torpedoed.
TURKISH REGIMENT ANNIHILATED
Paris, May 5, 3.55 P. M.—A dispatch from Mytilene
to the Havas Agency says that a regiment of Turkish troops
was annihilated during fighting at the Dardanelles last night
and that the allies transported 1,000 more prisoners to Tene
dos and Moudros. The dispatch also says that a squadron
or warships of the allies again bombarded forta at the Dar
danelles and Thurkish encampments on the coast
MARRIAGE LICENSES
William K. II ii in en an<| Ada 1.. Hart, city.
Vincent Karheck. Wlronlsco. anil Krlnla Zalkn, Lykena.
Mortln H. I.orkrrnian, Glen Rock, and Mabel IS. Gallatin, York.
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>aldl memorial to-day it is now be
lieved in Rome that there has been no
essential modification of the situation.
CHINESE CAPITAL QUIKT
Peking, May s.—The Chinese capi
tal is remarkably quiet In the face of
what the Peking Gazette calls "the
gravest peril in China's modern his
tory." Most of the people of the city
are going about their business as
usual apparently with no knowledge
of the problem which confronts their
country.
British Erecting Big
Station in Jamaica
By Associated Prtss
New York, May 6.—To supply a
need felt by the British navy, a power
ful wireless station is being 'built on
the highlands of the island of Jamai
ca, 3,-000 feet above the level of the
isea. according to the Rev. George B.
I Stallworthy, a Unitarian clergyman
who reached here tp-day aboard the
steamer Juan after a five months'
visit to the island.
Mr. Stallworthy said a force of
about 300 men had been working on
the plant for two months. The new
station is being constructed by the
British Mr. Stallworthy asserted, and
no details as to its equopment or
range had been permitted to become
public, except that the plant would
be a very powerful one with a long
| radius of effectiveness.
RCSS FRONT BADLY BROKEN
Berlin, via London, May s.—The
southern wing of the Russian army
(in West Galioia has been broken along
a front of 36 kilometerß according to
a dispatch received by the Tageblatt
from a special correspondent. The
attack was made with such determin
ation that the Russians were forced
to abandon villages back of the front
which served as quarters.
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